President Wahid of Indonesia is under pressure by the
criminals of the displaced government who seek a return of the "good old
times". He is charged with corruption. The charges
are so ridiculous that it boggles the mind. Suharto and his children
and cronies stole $billions, now Wahid's servant is accused of stealing
about $4 million, and Wahid is accused with non completion of the paperwork
on a political donation of about $3 million. Vice President
Megawati, a power in her own right, supports him to the hilt.
She no doubt realizes that, if Wahid fell, she would have to Kowtow to
the old guard, or soon fall herself. Australians hope that
the Indonesian people succeed in stopping this dangerous counter revolution.

- CLINTON'S
LEGACY -

There is a stink of money on the Clinton presidency.
Stories of the sale of pardons, stories about the sale of accommodation
in the White House, stories about overseas political donations and Whitewater.
Against those, stories about cigars are non sequiturs.

In Yugoslavia the failure of the Clinton/Blair invasion
is daily becoming more apparent. The KLA is now exposed as nothing
but a criminal organization. That action, forced by the US and the UK against
the better judgment of just about every other European state, illustrates
the potential for the misuse of power by the US president.

In Israel the negotiations between the PLO and Israel
are unraveling. The partial success of the PLO has created a monster
that may take many generations to quiet. Those negotiations have
exposed the political manipulation that can be done against the wishes
of the citizens of a representative democracy. When matters
that affect a nation are decided, the citizens should decide by vote.

In the Tao Te Ching it is written:

The great rulers: the people do not notice
their existence;The lesser ones, they attach to & praise them.The still lesser ones, they fear them.The still lesser ones, they despise them.

The great rulers are guided by principles. Lesser rulers
seek to leave a legacy.